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Mario Chat / Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. (book)

« on: June 21, 2017, 11:50:58 AM »

The release date of the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros., according to the Mario Wiki, Amazon and many other sources was June 15th in North America.

https://www.mariowiki.com/Encyclopedia_Super_Mario_Bros.

I bought this book on Amazon, but the item is not shipped yet (June 21th).
I went to the store and they did not received it either.
Anyone knows what is happening with this Book? Somebody received it?

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Mario Chat / Minecraft: Wii U Edition... Should we consider it a Mario crossover?

« on: June 21, 2016, 05:51:26 PM »

Minecraft: Wii U Edition juste came out... As you may know, a Super Mario DLC is included in the game in which around 40 Mario characters skin can be selected and a whole world based around the Mario Universe is included...

Now... On TMK, this game is listed in the "Cameo appearances and allusions" section.

Here's my question... Is Minecraft: Wii U Edition is a Mario game or not?
I want every Mario games in my collection, excluding games in which Mario only makes cameos...
I include SSX on Tour and NBA street V3 since Mario, Luigi and Peach are playable and are on the boxart.
I include Skylanders: Superchargers since Bowser and Donkey Kong are playable and are also on the boxart.
I do not include Simcity on SNES because Bowser just makes a cameo. Same thing with Mario characters in Zelda games...

But with Minecraft... I'm still not sure if it should be considered a cameo or a crossover... The name Super Mario is on the boxart... But it is only character's skins, not actual characters.

What do you think about that? Should this game be included in a complete Mario collection?

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Site Discussion / A Super Mario Bros. 2 reference in Guitar Hero Live.

« on: January 05, 2016, 09:06:25 PM »

I played Guitar Hero Live today, and I realized that a song found in GHTV contains some notes from a Mario game.
Is it worth adding this game in the Cameos section of the site?

In GHTV, the song is The Preatures - Better Than It Ever Could Be : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBWSTMnBgCs
At 3:38, you can hear the credit theme from SMB2.

To compare, just listen the notes starting at 0:40 from the Ending Theme of Super Mario Bros. 2.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHKoov7XjRk

(You can find the complete list of songs from GH Live here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_in_Guitar_Hero_Live)

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Mario Chat / Should we consider Skylanders SuperChargers a Mario spin-off?

« on: July 03, 2015, 03:01:43 PM »

Hi!

I would like to know... If you want every Mario games (like me) from NES to Wii U, should you buy Skylanders SuperChargers since Bowser and Donkey Kong are playable?
Is this game kind of a crossover? A spin off? Or is it only a cameo?

Is Super Smash Bros. considered to be a Mario game?
What about Tetris DS?

In other words...
What does make a game a Mario game?

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Mario Chat / What is the difference between those Donkey Kong Jungle Beat games?

« on: February 22, 2014, 09:16:25 AM »

Hi,

I just bought at a very low price ($10) both New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis and NPC Donkey Kong Jungle Beat at EB Games (GameStop).

But here's the thing... The NPC:DKJB boxart is not the same as pictures on the internet. Here's the boxart of the game I bought:
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/603974npc1.jpg

And here's the common boxart:
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/409471npc2.jpg

Anyone know if I got a fake boxart or if this is a rare version of the game that came with a bundle or something like that?

Thanks!